Riccardo Petricca is a telecommunications engineer and ICT consultant, with research activities in the fields of artificial intelligence, digital innovation, cybersecurity, and data protection. He is a lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability Engineering at the Pontifical University Antonianum and, from 2016 to 2024, taught Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Robotics at the Pontifical Urban University. He is also a professor of Computer Science at the Pontifical Leonine College in Anagni. He participates in academic initiatives and collaborations on digital transformation in educational and ecclesial contexts. He serves as a court-appointed technical expert (CTU) at the Court of Cassino and as a diocesan Data Protection Officer (DPO), and is the author of scientific and popular publications.